Improvement in bee-hives



1.. H. sTocKwELL.

Bee-Hives.

No. 143,93?. Patented oct. .'21, 1873.

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Attorneys.

rrED STATES PATENT IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,937, dated October 21,1873 5 applicatoniiled September 5, 1873.

of the same, reference being had to the ac-y companying drawing forming a part of this speciiieation.

rIhe invention rela-tes to bee-hives 5 `and consists in an improved construction, as hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical sec` tional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, oi' the honeyframes with the top removed.

A represents the casing, having the projectin base a, the roofcover al, and the random-recessed detachable front.V The latter tits over the bottom between sides e3, and is held by buttons co4 against the combi'raines B. The latter are made in rectangular sect-ions b, each having a perforated projection, b1, a pivot, b2, and a spacing-stud, b3. The latter retain the sections b at a proper distance from each other. 0n the bottom and in the rear ot' the hive is made a row of perforations, c2, that receive the pivots b2, while each one of these pertorations of the projection b1 receives one of the pins d arranged on the top edge of the back a5. This construction, after simply removing the cover, allows each sectionframe b to be drawn out singly, and lifted independentlyof the remainder. llhis saves much time, and enables the owner to take as much or as little of the honey as he pleases without interfering with any other part of the hive. The arrangement ot' the pivoted sections side by side enables each of them to be turned over separately" like the leaves' of a book, and a close inspection of all the parts of the hive to be instituted. This inspection at intervals will preclude the usual injury from the acenmulationand ravages of the moths.

In order to enable the bees in a given hive to be readily divided and easily transferred to form new colonies, the casing is divided into three sections, Al A2 A3, the first and last or side sections hinged to the middle section at the back, and provided with front strips D D, each projecting over the recess d of the middle one. A hook-and-eye latch, E F, fastens together the two strips D D, and, consequently, all three of the case-sections.

This hive posseses great simplicity of construction, and can be made Without much eX- pense, while in its adaptation to admit of being kept clean of moths, to allow a greater or less portion of the honey to be taken, and to allow the bees to be divided, it is believed to be a decided improvement upon preceding hives.

Having thus. described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The honey -frame B made in separate sections, b, turning like leaves on, and lifting singly oli', the pivots b2 d', as and for the purpose described.

2. A beehivc casein sections, Al A2 A3, the end ones hinged to the middle one at the back, and provided in front with strips D D, that project over a recess, d, of the middle one, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. STOCKWELL.

llitnesses:

MANAEY B. PALMER., GHAELEs W. BARNES.

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